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whole-wheat

whole-wheat adjective: of flour, prepared from all the constituents of the wheat grain.

Adjective

whole-wheat (not comparable)

  1. Of flour, prepared from all the constituents of the wheat grain.
    • Near-synonym: wholemeal
    Synonyms:
    wholemeal
  2. Of bread, etc., made from whole-wheat flour.

Synonyms of whole-wheat

Words formed from whole-wheat

Phrases with whole-wheat

Questions about whole-wheat

What does whole-wheat mean?
Whole-wheat means of flour, prepared from all the constituents of the wheat grain.
What part of speech is whole-wheat?
Whole-wheat is an adjective.

Words near whole-wheat in the dictionary

  1. whole-time
  2. whole-timer
  3. whole-timers
  4. whole-tone scale
  5. whole-tone scales
  6. whole-wheat
  7. whole-wheat bread
  8. whole-wheat breads
  9. wholecar
  10. wholecars
  11. wholecoiner

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